[NORTH] Nov 6th – The Magic of Involvement!
NOTE: This meeting is one-time only. It will NOT come to South location (Speaker from out of the country). Where: Axosoft (Google Map) 13835 North Northsight Boulevard #205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements ALSO NOTE: In this meeting, we’ll be playing games that
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[South] Oct 18th – Everything I never expected to learn at the Agile Alliance 2018 conference!
Where: IntraEdge (Google Map) 5660 W Chandler Blvd #1 Chandler, AZ 85226 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Everything I never expected to learn at the Agile Alliance 2018 conference Come and hear Carla talk about her learnings from the most recent Agile Alliance conference.
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[North] Oct 2 – Everything I never expected to learn at the Agile Alliance 2018 conference
Where: Axosoft (Google Map) 13835 North Northsight Boulevard #205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Everything I never expected to learn at the Agile Alliance 2018 conference Come and hear Carla talk about her learnings from the most recent Agile Alliance conference. You’ll
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[NORTH/SOUTH] September 12th: Agile Therapy – Overcoming the “Grrr” Moments!
NOTE: This is another “summertime roadshow” meeting! It’s hosted by the Nerdery and STC at the STC facility. Where: Scientific Technologies Corporation (STC) (see Google Map – also see “*** Parking Instructions ***” at the bottom) 411 S. 1st St. Phoenix, AZ 85004 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing
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[South] Aug 23rd: Deliver Quality Customer Value Faster – Agile Accelerator
Where: IntraEdge (Google Map) 5660 W Chandler Blvd #1 Chandler, AZ 85226 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Deliver Quality Customer Value Faster – Agile Accelerator Business competition is global and customers have many choices. How do you respond to customer demands or market
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[North] Aug 9th – De-scaling Organizational Complexity with LeSS
Where: Axosoft (Google Map) 13835 North Northsight Boulevard #205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: De-scaling Organizational Complexity with LeSS Organizations are frequently embarking on large scale product development initiatives that involve hundreds, sometimes thousands of team members. Scale brings in additional complexity,
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[South] July 19th – The XP 2018 Conference & the 3X Model
To see slides from this presentation…Click Here. Where: IntraEdge (Google Map) 5660 W Chandler Blvd #1 Chandler, AZ 85226 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: The XP 2018 Conference & the 3X Model Thene will share ideas, findings, and photos from the recent XP
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[North] July 10th – The XP 2018 Conference & the 3X Model
To see slides from this presentation…Click Here. Where: Axosoft (Google Map) 13835 North Northsight Boulevard #205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: The XP 2018 Conference & the 3X Model Thene will share ideas, findings, and photos from the recent XP 2018
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[South] June 21st: Welcome to the Dojo, a Magical Place!
The slides from the June 5th North meeting have been posted – Click Here – Dojo Phx SUG Where: IntraEdge (Google Map) 5660 W Chandler Blvd #1 Chandler, AZ 85226 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Welcome to the Dojo, a Magical Place! Imagine you
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[North] June 5th: Welcome to the Dojo, a Magical Place!
The slides from this June 5th meeting have been posted – Click Here – Dojo Phx SUG Where: Axosoft (Google Map) 13835 North Northsight Boulevard #205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Welcome to the Dojo, a Magical Place! Imagine you are a coach
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[South] May 17th: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly of Paired Programming
Where: IntraEdge (Google Map) 5660 W Chandler Blvd #1 Chandler, AZ 85226 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly of Paired Programming Come and hear about one of Nationwide’s agile team’s journey to adopt pair programming. “Pair Development?! Critics
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[North] May 8th – Balancing Delivery and Discovery
Where: Axosoft (Google Map) 13835 North Northsight Boulevard #205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Balancing Delivery and Discovery Do your product teams frequently struggle to have groomed and well-defined stories ready for the developers? Do you find yourselves frequently in “feed
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[South] April 19th: Cultivating the Vital Behaviors of Innovation
Where: IntraEdge (Google Map) 5660 W Chandler Blvd #1 Chandler, AZ 85226 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Cultivating the Vital Behaviors of Innovation Yes, innovation has become a buzzword – but for good reason – as it is the important process
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[North] April 3rd – Cultivating Culture in a New Development Team
The slides from this April 3rd meeting have been posted – See them here! Where: Axosoft (Google Map) 13835 North Northsight Boulevard #205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Cultivating Culture in a New Development Team In this discussion, we will look at some
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[North] March 1st: SAFe’s Continuous Delivery Pipeline
Where: Axosoft (Google Map) 13835 North Northsight Boulevard #205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: SAFe’s Continuous Delivery Pipeline The Continuous Delivery Pipeline (also referred to as ‘pipeline’) represents the workflows, activities, and automation needed to provide a continuous release of value
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[South] Feb 15th – Design Studios: Unleashing Your Teams Creative Potential!
Where: IntraEdge (Google Map) 5660 W Chandler Blvd #1 Chandler, AZ 85226 . Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Design Studios: Unleashing Your Teams Creative Potential! The early stages of product discovery and development can crucially influence the success and direction of any product.
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[North] Feb 6th – The Good, The Bad, The Ugly of Paired Programming
The slides from this Feb 6th meeting have been posted – See them here! Where: Nationwide (Google Map) 9200 E Pima Center Pkwy Scottsdale, AZ 85258 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly of Paired Programming Come
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[South] Jan 25: Cultivating Culture in a New Development Team
Where: IntraEdge (Google Map) 5660 W Chandler Blvd #1 Chandler, AZ 85226 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Cultivating Culture in a New Development Team In this discussion, we will look at some of the lessons learned while growing an agile development organization
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[NORTH] DEC 5th: Agile at Play – Using Lego Serious Play to accelerate the value cycle
The slides from the Dec 5th meeting have been posted – See them here! Where: IntraEdge (Google Map) 5660 W Chandler Blvd #1 Chandler, AZ 85226 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Agile at Play – Using Lego Serious Play to
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[North/South] Sept 28th – What’s New in SAFe 4.5?
Where: Amazon (Please See Directions!) Amazon 222 South Mill Ave, Tempe, AZ 85281. Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: What’s New in SAFe 4.5? The Scaled Agile Framework has released SAFe 4.5, which is to be leaner, more Agile, and more supportive of faster innovation
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[NORTH/SOUTH] Aug 29th – When are we going to ship? (Answering the hardest “easy question” in software development)
Where: Cohoots (Google Map) Want to learn more about Cohoots? (click here!) 221 E Indianola Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85012 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: When are we going to ship? (Answering the hardest “easy question” in software development) When are we going
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[NORTH/SOUTH] July 27th – Three Strategies to Create Highly Visible and Predictable Teams
*** SEE THE SLIDES: 3 Strategies to create Visibility & Predictability, and you can get the Google spreadsheet here *** Where: Galvanize (Google Map) Want to learn more about Galvanize? (click here!) 515 E Grant St. Phoenix, AZ 85004 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Three Strategies to
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[South] June 15 – This doesn’t feel very Agile . . .
Where: IntraEdge (Google Map) 5660 W Chandler Blvd #1 Chandler, AZ 85226 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements *** DOWNLOAD Slides Here: This Doesn’t Feel Very Agile… *** Description: This doesn’t feel very Agile… It seems most companies are doing some form of
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[North] June 6th – This doesn’t feel very Agile….
Where: Axosoft (Google Map) 13835 North Northsight Boulevard #205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: This doesn’t feel very Agile… It seems most companies are doing some form of Agile these days; but when you speak to people that work in
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[South] May 18 – Mentoring the Agile Mindset
Where: Isagenix International (Google Map) 155 E. Rivulon Blvd. Gilbert, AZ 85297 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Mentoring the Agile Mindset We’ve all heard about the “Agile “Mindset”; but, what does it really mean, and how do we grow that mindset within with ourselves
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[North] May 2nd – Mentoring the Agile Mindset
Where: Axosoft (Google Map) 13835 North Northsight Boulevard #205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Mentoring the Agile Mindset We’ve all heard about the “Agile “Mindset”; but, what does it really mean, and how do we grow that mindset within with
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[South] April 20th – Agile through PM Eyes
Where: IntraEdge (Google Map) 5660 W Chandler Blvd #1 Chandler, AZ 85226 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Agile through PM Eyes Let’s overlay agile/scrum concepts, tasks, and roles over the project manager (PMI) master chart of knowledge areas and process groups (phases)
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[North] April 4th: Why Agile Works . . . and How to Screw it Up!!!
Where: Axosoft (Google Map) 13835 North Northsight Boulevard #205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Why Agile Works . . . and How to Screw it Up!!! Agile practices can be the easy part of agile. It’s getting people into the agile
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[South] March 16th – Don’t be a Backlog Lumberjack!
Where: IntraEdge (Google Map) 5660 W Chandler Blvd #1 Chandler, AZ 85226 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Don’t be a Backlog LumberJack! As agile movement sweep across the industry many organizations and teams have started practicing different agile frameworks. As they
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[North] March 7th: Featureban – A Flow Simulation
[View Cat Swetel’s Slides – CLICK HERE] Where: Axosoft (Google Map) 13835 North Northsight Boulevard #205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Featureban: A Flow Simulation This session features an adaptation of the Featureban game (created by Mike Burrows of AgendaShift) mixed with
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[North/South] Feb 15/16 – An Insider’s Look at the new Certified Agile Leadership program from the Scrum Alliance
[View Peter Green’s Slides – CLICK HERE] Where: Wed Feb 15th, North Meeting Axosoft (Google Map) 13835 North Northsight Boulevard #205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Where – Thurs, Feb 16th – South Meeting IntraEdge (Google Map) 5660 W Chandler Blvd #1 Chandler, AZ 85226 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing
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[South] Jan 19th – Featureban: A Flow Simulation
[View Cat Swetel’s Slides – CLICK HERE] Where: IntraEdge (Google Map) 5660 W Chandler Blvd #1 Chandler, AZ 85226 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Featureban: A Flow Simulation This session features an adaptation of the Featureban game (created by Mike Burrows of AgendaShift)
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[North] January 3rd – Agile through PM Eyes
Where: Axosoft (Google Map) 13835 North Northsight Boulevard #205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Agile through PM Eyes Let’s overlay agile/scrum concepts, tasks, and roles over the project manager (PMI) master chart of knowledge areas and process groups (phases) and see
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December 14th – HOLIDAY GET TOGETHER
When: Wednesday, Dec 14th at 6:00pm Where: Papago Brewing As in years past, we’re swapping our regular December meetings for the “Holiday Get Together” (again at Papago Brewing). The goal of this “meeting” is simply an informal, fun, get together where we get to know each other better in a “relaxed” setting – no planned
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[North] November 1st – An Introduction to Gamification – Building better teams using serious games
Where: Axosoft (Google Map) 13835 North Northsight Boulevard #205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: An Introduction to Gamification – Building better teams using serious games We have all been there, a company introduces agile and there is great excitement. This quickly turns
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[South] October 27th – The Application for Lean Startup in Agile
Where: Coplex (Google Map) 688 W. 1st St, Suite 2 Tempe, AZ 85281 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: The Application for Lean Startup in Agile The Lean Startup provides a very big shift in the mindset of agile teams developing products
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[North] October 4th – Scrum and Agile in the Real World: Let’s Talk!
Where: Axosoft (Google Map) 13835 North Northsight Boulevard #205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Talk 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Scrum and Agile in the Real World: Let’s Talk! Scrum and Agile in the Real World might be a bit different in reality than what the books,
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[South] September 15th: Scaling Professional Scrum!!
Where: IntraEdge (Google Map) 5660 W Chandler Blvd #1 Chandler, AZ 85226 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Where: IntraEdge (Google Map) 5660 W Chandler Blvd #1 Chandler, AZ 85226 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00
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[North] September 6th: DevOps Challenges Lean Coffee
Where: Axosoft (Google Map) 13835 North Northsight Boulevard #205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Talk 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: DevOps Challenges Lean Coffee Most of the time when we think of Agile we think of development teams. The most popular Agile framework, Scrum, is focused around
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[North] August 2nd: The Four C’s: Communication, Coordination, Cooperation, Collaboration
Where: Axosoft (Google Map) 13835 North Northsight Boulevard #205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Talk 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: The Four C’s: Communication, Coordination, Cooperation, Collaboration The word collaboration is seeing broad usage in companies today. It is often misapplied to conversations that consisted of three
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